Waste Away

A hungry widow returns from the sea

Dolly can't leave the house, but she can't understand how he has.

Following a break-up, a couple go their separate ways: one stoically contemplates the depths of his loss, while the other desperately roams the lunar landscapes of the Burren (West Ireland) in search of healing and consolation.

When Jake, a tech support agent, forms an unexpected connection with Tom, a stranger seeking help on a video call, their lives intertwine as they share their deepest struggles.

Kitty's attendance at a house party causes all sorts of ructions.

A travelling Irish comedian (O’Donoghue) and a barmaid (Raison) find each other in the urban sprawl of New York City. When fate intervenes, they're confronted with a decision which will determine their destiny.

Sven reminisces about an old friend.

Mara visits an old friend who lives in the Sierra de Irta, Vera, who did not expect this visit, is about to go to Valencia to spend the Easter holidays. When Vera leaves, Mara makes a strange and irrational decision: to occupy her friend's house for a few days.

A family man makes a mistake that changes his life forever. With help he starts the journey to forgiveness, hopefully it will bring him back to his family.

An ornithologist goes on a field trip to a deserted island near the mainland with his wife and small son, and is joined by the wife's sister, who is getting over an abortion; later, an escaped convict is discovered. A situation which may seem naturalistic enough, but the form never is: incidents are isolated, cross-relations are oblique, emotions are unexplained.

In a family with a mother, father, two daughters, and a bulldog, the dog is neglected and taken for granted. It seeks peace under the dining table but is ignored. Eventually, the dog is banished, and a family discussion may be its final humiliation.